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Christmas Day 2025 is bulking up in regards to product. In the wake of Lionsgate dating the Paul Feig directed Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried thriller, The Housemaid and A24 with their Timothee Chalamet ping-pong champ movie Marty Supreme, Sony is darting their reimagined comedy Anaconda starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black.

The movie is from director Tom Gormican. Daniela Melchior also stars in the movie penned by The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten. Brad Fuller and Andrew Form are producing through Fully Formed banner.

The original 1997 Anaconda starred Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Owen Wilson and Ice Cube and followed a National Geographic-esque film crew that is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who forces them along on his quest to capture the world’s largest and deadliest snake, an anaconda. The movie grossed $65.9M domestic off a $16.6M opening and went on to make $136.9M worldwide.

More counterprogramming for next year’s Christmas Day as A24 is opening their 1950s ping-pong ball champ movie Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet.

Yesterday we reported that Lionsgate was putting their Paul Feig directed thriller The Housemaid with Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried on Christmas Day, which will be an Avatar: Fire & Ash-filled holiday as that James Cameron threequel opens the weekend prior on Dec. 19 along with an untitled Warner Bros movie and an untitled SpongeBob Squarepants movie from Paramount.

Also opening Christmas Day is Amazon MGM Studios’ Sarah’s Oil, an untitled Angel Studios movie and an untitled Universal event feature.

The Josh Safdie directed movie was written by him and Ronald Bronstein. Pic also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Tyler the Creator, Fran Drescher, Penn Jillette, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary (aka Mr Wonderful), Abel Ferrera and Sandra Bernhard. Andreas Wiseman reported that Marty Supreme carries a production cost of $70M, making...

Film executive Tristen Tuckfield has been named chief commercial officer at upstart studio Wonder Project, Variety has exclusively learned.

The global skewing “faith and values” content shop will task Tuckfield with developing and managing deals on behalf of the firm’s film and TV slate. Reporting to Wonder Project CEO Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten, Tuckfield will also lead distribution, co-production and co-financing, acquisitions and create alternate revenue streams in categories like merchandise.

“Tristen is a respected leader who brings deep passion and expertise, and I am so excited to welcome her to Wonder Project. With Tristen on our team we can move with both speed and quality to bring more courageous stories to life for a global audience,” Merryman Hoogstraten said in a statement.

Tuckfield joins Wonder Project from Village Roadshow Pictures, where she served as executive vice president in film. There she developed, packaged, financed and oversaw distribution strategies on five features.

The National Association of Theatre Owners will host all of the major studios once again at its annual Las Vegas trade show CinemaCon in April 2025 — and for the first time, Amazon MGM will be included on the main stage schedule.

“We are thrilled and honored to welcome back all of our studio partners, with the addition of Amazon MGM Studios to this coming year’s CinemaCon line-up as a clear sign of support of the theatrical moviegoing business,” NATO president and CEO Michael O’Leary said in a Thursday statement.

“This powerhouse line-up of the world’s greatest film-making studios speaks directly to the cultural and economic power of the cinema. Our friends in the studios know that movie fans want to see the magic they make on the big screen, and they also know that movies that start their journey in the theatre are more successful than those that do not,...

Zachary Levi pushed back against the idea that his acting career has taken a hit after endorsing Donald Trump for president earlier this year. The Shazam star appeared on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, which saw the host noting, “You got canceled.”

“Have I been canceled?” the actor asked. “I hope I haven’t been canceled yet. I mean, if it happens, it happens.” Maher pushed Levi for an answer, noting, “Come on, didn’t you lose jobs for that? Isn’t that what canceling is?”

“No,” Levi responded...

The historic tale of the Wright Brothers and the invention of flying is getting the movie treatment via Wonder Project, the nascent independent studio that is creating films and series for the global faith and values audience.

Jon Gunn, a name in the faith field who helmed Ordinary Angels starring Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson and is now the company’s head of story, will direct the feature, titled Flyer, which will be produced by Jeremy Latcham, the former Marvel executive who last produced Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Wilbur and Orville Wright were the brothers that are credited with inventing the flying machine at the turn of the 20th century and the project will focus on how the two bicycle mechanics headed to the windy hills of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in pursuit of their dream of becoming the first in flight.

“Wilbur and Orville changed the course of human history,...

Multilingual South African actor and producer, Stelio Savante, who has a SAG Award cast nomination for playing Steve in Ugly Betty, has signed with London based Harter Allen Agency for representation in Europe and the Middle East. Savante recently wrapped key roles in three upcoming films, all based on true stories; Sarah’s Oil, Between Borders, and Hazel.

Sarah’s Oil, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, is an Amazon MGM drama starring Zachary Levi, Naya Desir Johnson, Sonequa Martin Green, Garret Dillahunt, Bridget Regan, Kenric Green, Adyan Copes, Stelio Savante and Mel Rodriguez. The film will be released in theaters on December 25, 2025.

Between Borders, directed by Mark Freiburger, stars Elizabeth Tabish, Patrick Sabongui, and Stelio Savantewith Michael Paul Chan, and Elizabeth Mitchell. The drama is scheduled to release on January 26th in theaters nationwide, through Fathom events.

Survival thriller Hazel, directed by Daniel Bielinski stars Madelyn Dundon, Stelio Savante and Laurie Fortierwith Genevieve Bielinksi,...

Cherokee Film Institute has set up a partnership program with Amazon that will provide full-ride scholarships to the school’s inaugural class of 25 students.

The pact between the global ecommerce giant and the newly established film institute was unveiled Tuesday at a news conference that featured Cherokee Nation and Amazon officials. Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell also made an appearance at the event held in Owasso, Okla. In September, Cherokee Film Institute announced plans for its first class of students to begin in January.

“Cherokee Film Institute is more than a place of learning; it is a place of empowerment that will help create the talented Native American workforce necessary for bringing authentic Native perspectives, characters, cultures and more to a worldwide audience,” said Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. “We are thankful for incredible allies, such as Amazon, for joining in our efforts to ensure Natives are seen,...

South African born SAG Award nominee Stelio Savante, also known as ‘Ajax’ in the Call Of Duty video game series and ‘Moses’ in the historical world-wide hit biblical series The Chosen, is starring in key roles in three upcoming films, all based on true stories. Sarah’s Oil, Between Borders, and Hazel.

Sarah’s Oil, is an Amazon MGM drama starring Zachary Levi, Naya Desir Johnson, Sonequa Martin Green, Garret Dillahunt, Bridget Regan, Kenric Green, Adyan Copes, Stelio Savante and Mel Rodriguez. Sarah’s Oil is inspired by Tonya Bolden’s book Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America, and tells the true story of Sarah Rector, an African American born in Oklahoma in the early 1900s. Filmed in Oklahoma, the drama chronicles Sarah’s journey to becoming the first African American teenage millionaire. Cyrus Nowrasteh (who also directed Savante in the action thriller Infidel) directed Sarah’s Oil from...

The Off Broadway world premiere of the new Robert O’Hara play Shit. Meet. Fan. will feature a cast headed by Garret Dillahunt, Billy Magnussen and Debra Messing, McC Theater announced today.

The play, which will also star Tramell Tillman and Constance Wu, begins previews Thursday October 10, at McC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater, with an opening night on Monday October 28. The limited engagement runs through Sunday November 17.

O’Hara will direct his play, which is based on Paolo Genovese’s 2016 Italian comedy-drama Perfect Strangers. The movie holds the Guinness record for most remade film in cinema history, with more than 24 remakes in different languages.

Also in the cast will be Genevieve Hannelius, most recently seen in the Netflix original film Along for the Ride and the Netflix original series American Vandal. She is perhaps best known for starring on the three-time Emmy-nominated Disney Channel series Dog with a Blog.

Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Shazam! Star Zachary Levi's Latest Box Office Failure Leaves Fans Dumbfounded - Main Image

Shazam! Fury of the Gods star Zachary Levi's stellar career has gone from up and beyond in Disney and DC to awkward, as fans surmised, and the latest flopped project, Harold and the Purple Crayon takes the cake.

Shazam! Star Zachary Levi's Career Questioned By Fans

Ever since Zachary Levi's Shazam! sequel, Fury of the Gods, tanked at the box office, and things went downhill from then on. The failure of his DC sequel crumbled his dreams from one flick to another.

After landing his fame in roles such as Disney's Flynn Rider from Tangled and his Tony Award nomination for his Broadway performance in She Loves Me, his latest theatrical release, Harold and the Purple Crayon, comes flat.

The project sees the grown-up Harold (played by Zachary Levi) using his purple crayon to make...

Exclusive: Zachary Levi (Hotel Tehran) and Naya Desir-Johnson (The Equalizer) are toplining Sarah’s Oil, a new theatrical drama from Amazon MGM Studios that has wrapped production.

Others in the cast include Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery), Garret Dillahunt (Raising Hope), Bridget Regan (Jane the Virgin), Kenric Green (The Walking Dead), Adyan Copes (Who Is Christmas Eve?), Stelio Savante (The Cleaning Lady) and Mel Rodriguez (The Last Man on Earth).

Inspired by Tonya Bolden’s book Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America, Sarah’s Oil tells the true story of Sarah Rector, an African American born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted and whose faith is proven right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to her family, friends and some Texas wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich land, eventually becoming one...